Shakira’s baby joy proves to be a false alarm as Gerard Pique admits to hoax

Shakira and Gerard Pique announced they were expecting a baby boy together in September (Picture: Getty)

Shakira’s footballing boyfriend Gerard Pique sparked confusion when he falsely announced the premature birth of their baby boy.

The FC Barcelona player took to his Twitter account to seemingly confirm the good news in the early hours of this morning.

Writing in Spanish, he tweeted: ‘Our son has been born! We are very happy! Thanks to all for your messages!’

However, the announcement proved to be a hoax after it emerged today is the Day of the Holy Innocents – the Spanish equivalent to April Fools’ Day.

He later tweeted: ‘The baby already has a name! He is called Inocencio! Happy Day of the Holy Innocents to you all!’

Gerard shared this snap of the two on Christmas Day (Picture: Twitter)

The confusion comes after Gerard posted a photo of the pair relaxing by an open fire together on Christmas Day.

Discussing potential baby names in an interview recently, Gerard said: ‘Concerning the name, we just haven’t been able to decide. There are ridiculous names, like Ulisito, that came out of the press’ need to report nonsense.

‘There was also Biel, which we like, but I don’t think it will be that one either, or Gerard. We’ll see.’

The footballer also revealed Shaikra – who was thought to have been due early next month – was not planning on taking too much time out after the birth.

‘The album will be released after the baby is born because she’d need to go on tour and she can’t do that now,’ he told Catalan radio station RAC1 earlier this month.